Patrick Wymark

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Born Patrick Carl Cheeseman in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England. He was brought up in neighbouring Grimsby and frequently re-visited the area during the height of his career. He attended University College, London, before training at the Old Vic Theatre School and making his first stage appearance in a walk-on part in Othello in 1951. He toured South Africa the following year and then directed plays for the drama department at Stanford University, California. Moving to the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, Wymark played a wide range of traditional roles, including Dogberry in Much Ado about Nothing and Stephano in The Tempest. He also played the parts of Marullus in Julius Caesar and Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Other stage parts included the title role in Danton's Death and, with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Ephihodov in The Cherry Orchard. His theatre roles also included playing the part of Bosola in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi in 1960. His film roles included: Children of the Damned (1964), Operation Crossbow (1965), Battle of Britain (1969), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) and Cromwell (1970). On television, where at one point he was considered as a replacement for William Hartnell on Doctor Who., he was best known for his role as the machiavellian businessman John Wilder in the drama series The Plane Makers/The Power Game, a role which led to offers of company directorships. Wymark, however, was a gentle man in real life, self-confessedly ignorant of business matters, who considered the Wilder character to be a "bastard" and was described by his wife as "the most inefficient, dreamy muddler in the world."

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2008
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
Movie Joseph Ransley (archive footage)
1972
The Man from the Other Side
Movie Christian Holm
1971
Blood on Satan's Claw
Movie The Judge
1970
Cromwell
Movie The Earl of Strafford
1969
Battle of Britain
Movie Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory
1969
Doppelgänger
Movie Jason Webb
1968
Where Eagles Dare
Movie Col. Wyatt Turner DSO MC
1968
The Champions
TV show Gen. Gomez
1968
Witchfinder General
Movie Cromwell
1968
Tell Me Lies
Movie
1967
Woman Times Seven
Movie Henri
1967
ITV Playhouse
TV show The Captain
1966
The Psychopath
Movie Inspector Holloway
1965
The Power Game
TV show Sir John Wilder
1965
The Skull
Movie Anthony Marco
1965
Repulsion
Movie le propriétaire